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Beachy10 · 01/12/2020 08:51

We've narrowed our names down to the ones below but would love to hear others' opinions. We have a three syllable Irish surname beginning with D.

Gabe/Gabriel ( favourite)
Harris ( love this but I know there are loads of boys names Harry)
Rory ( love but will sound v Irish with surname)
Kellan ( husband loves, I worry people might hear 'Kevin')
Leo (a favourite)
Alex
Eric ( we loved Erica for a girl but not sure if Eric will have old man connotations)

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IamnotwhouthinkIam · 01/12/2020 20:39

Gabriel is lovely, traditional but not too popular and a nice sound - so that would be my choice .
Alex is okay but only as a nn for classic Alexander (too unisex as a given name for me).
Leo is nice but too popular for me.
Eric (or Erik) has a cool Scandi/Viking feel to me, but some people do find it dated in this country unfortunately.
Rory feels like it's becoming trendy (but maybe it's more classic in Scotland and Ireland?)
Not keen on Harris (too surname).
With the unusual Kellan (or Kellen), I think people could hear Kelly as much as Kevin, so it's not my taste.

user1493494961 · 01/12/2020 22:45

Gabriel is lovely, dislike Harris (surname) and Kellan (sounds made up).

DramaAlpaca · 01/12/2020 23:03

What a lovely nice list. Most unusually I like all of them.

My favourite is Rory, least favourite is Eric - I prefer it spelled Erik.

Chilldonaldchill · 01/12/2020 23:18

Gabriel.
I know quite a few but I really love it.

joystir59 · 02/12/2020 05:59

Gabriel is beautiful. Rory and Alex strong, and I'm not keen on your other ideas.

Sausagedog1 · 03/12/2020 14:23

I have a Rory and it's not overly popular. It's ranked 46, whereas Leo for example is ranked 6.
I love Gabriel, think it's beautiful but wasn't 100% sure a boy would like to have it so didn't choose it myself, not sure why, I think DH put me off it! (Like every other name)
Don't like Harris, Harry is much nicer.
Not that keen in Eric, very unusual on a baby these days!
Love Kellan! Unusual but cool.
Leo - lovely but very very popular.
Alex is a bit dull in comparison to your other choices.

Sausagedog1 · 03/12/2020 14:37

If you like Kellan you might like Cillian/Killian or Caelan which I think are slightly more used but definitely not popular.

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